» Review: Pater Pansy
Brian Ralfe’s alternative production has restored my faith in pantomime. Oh it’s not a slick show, far from it, but it more than makes up for it in laughs and entertainment. Andrew Stark’s script has the right tone but it is Smee who steals the show, a comic masterpiece. Director Robert James is almost as funny as Captain Hooker and his hand steers the show steadily along – well, fairly steadily. Brian’s costumes are show-stopping but the glue that binds all is Lee Tracey, whose Tinkerbell is priceless. Maybe not five stars, but five glittering rainbows for sure.
Pavilion Theatre, 25 February
4/5
Andrew Kay






